HERB FORMULAS
| English: | Sedate the Heart and Calm the Spirit Decoction |
| Also Known As: |
Pharmaceutical Latin |
Pin Yin |
Dosage |
Actions |
| Fossilia Ossis Mastodi | Long Gu | 10-30g | Settles anxiety, calms the Spirit, calms the Liver and anchors and preserves Floating Yang. |
| Concha Ostreae | Mu Li | 30g | Heavily settles, calms the Spirit, calms the Liver, benefits Yin and anchors Floating Yang. |
| Poria Pararadicis | Fu Shen | 12g | Quiets the Heart, calms the Spirit and soothes the nerves. |
| Caulis Polygoni Multiflori | Ye Jiao Teng | 30g | Nourishes the Heart Yin and Blood and calms the Spirit. With Fu Shen, calms the Spirit. With He Huan Pi, nourishes Heart Blood to Calm the Spirit. |
| Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae | Dan Shen | 30g | Activates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat, soothes irritability, nourishes the Blood and calms the Spirit. |
| Dry-fried Fr. Zizyphi Spinosae | Chao Suan Zao Ren | 30g | Nourishes Heart Yin, tonifies Liver Blood and calms the Spirit |
| Cx. Albizziae | He Huan Pi | 12g | Calms the Spirit, relieves constraint, activates and harmonizes the Blood and regulates Qi. With Dan Shen and Ye Jiao Teng, for insomnia, depression and irritability. With Ye Jiao Teng, nourishes Heart Blood to Calm the Spirit. |
- Sedates the Heart
- Calms the Shen
- Shen disturbance
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| CONTRAINDICATIONS |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
- For difficulty falling asleep, take before bed.
- For waking during the night, take before bed and upon waking.